2024-05-17 15:28:30
Surgeons spent a number of hours within the working room in a single day, combating to avoid wasting the 59-year-old prime minister after the assault.
“In the course of the night time, the medical doctors managed to stabilize the affected person’s situation,” Deputy Prime Minister Robert Kaliņőak instructed reporters on the Banska Bistrica hospital. “Sadly, the situation stays very severe because the accidents are advanced.”
Miriam Lapunikova, director of the Bansk Bystrica hospital, mentioned Fico underwent “a five-hour operation carried out by two groups”.
“He’ll stay in intensive care,” she added.
The prime minister was critically wounded by a number of photographs from a 71-year-old man within the mining city of Handlow. It occurred in entrance of the native tradition home after the federal government’s out-of-town assembly, when Fico went out to fulfill supporters.
The federal government mentioned the assault was “politically motivated”. The media reported that the police additionally questioned the shooter’s spouse.
Police have arrested the shooter. A number of Slovak media, together with the journal “Plus 7 Dni”, reported that the prime minister was shot by the author Juraj Chintula, who overtly expressed his hatred for Fico on social networks.
2024-05-17 15:28:30